Music Review – Funhouse

By Skye Sailsbury

Following in the footsteps, of latest CD titles followed by Britney Spears Circus and Christina Aguilera’s Enter the Circus, comes Pink’s newest album Funhouse.

This CD , you will notice a big change in the way Pink’s lyrics are , and the way her music sounds however there are a couple of songs on the album where the Pink we know shines through , other than that her album’s philosophy is “ What do I know at 29 ? I know that things are what we seek, but love is beneath that. If love isn’t’ the foundation-then things will fall. For even if they stand-they mean nothing. I’ve had both-and if given a chance to choose-----soberly-I choose love, humbly-----I choose love and wisely----I choose love.”

A Common occurrence between Pink’s songs on Funhouse is that she uses the familiar mix of nanana’s , lalalala’s and dadada’s throughout a number of her songs as either start’s or choruses.

In Pink’s song : Soooo What , we listen as she sings about her recent break-up with ex-hubby Cary , and just to make sure that her music as that Pink familiarity about it , she pays Jessica Simpson ,  a I hate you tribute to her song , another enemy to add to her list. Another familiarity is that the song Funhouse is the only song on the album that contains that husky voice we all know from her earlier albums.

Pink has however toned down her music in this CD, becoming more a Pop singer rather than a punk rocker. Which for myself , I actually prefer better as It’s not too heavy and you can actually understand the lyrics and for once they have a sense of meaning behind them.  If your into dancing and appreciate music with a good beat , then this album is definitely for you , as each song is accompanied by its own dancing individual beat. I think that a big reason she has toned down her music, as I wrote before, her philosophy for this album was the big L: Love. The majority us out there all know well, that the reason a love album succeeds is that the music has that nice, sentimental feel to it and isn’t blowing out your eardrums at the same time, hence the pop twist to the album rather the rocker chick.

As we have all heard the famous song Ave Maria , on Funhouse we are introduced to a new and unheard version as we listen to Pink’s remix titled Ave Mary A.

Overall , I have to say that Funhouse rates as one of the top albums made from Pink , her costumes on the video clips are to utterly die for , the beats and lyrics are awesome . I give Pink’s Funhouse a 8.5/10 Pink  Candyflosses.